Alan Don | |
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Dean of Westminster | |
Church | Church of England |
Diocese | Royal Peculiar |
In office | 1946–1959 |
Predecessor | Paul de Labilliere |
Successor | Eric Abbott |
Other post(s) | Chaplain to the Speaker of the House of Commons (1936–1946) Chaplain and Secretary to the Archbishop of Canterbury (1931–1941) Provost of St Paul's Cathedral, Dundee (1921–1931) |
Orders | |
Ordination | 1917 |
Personal details | |
Born | 3 January 1885 |
Died | 3 May 1966 | (aged 81)
Nationality | British (Scottish) |
Denomination | Anglican |
Spouse | Muriel Gwenda McConnel |
Alma mater | Magdalen College, Oxford |
Alan Campbell Don KCVO (3 January 1885 – 3 May 1966) was a trustee of the National Portrait Gallery, editor of the Scottish Episcopal Church's 1929 Scottish Prayer Book,[1] chaplain and secretary to Cosmo Lang, Archbishop of Canterbury, from 1931 to 1941, Chaplain to the Speaker of the House of Commons from 1936 to 1946 and Dean of Westminster from 1946 to 1959.